Improvement in planter and cultivator



A. J; MISENHEIMBR. Gbrn Planter and Cultivator:

' Patented Sept. 14, 1869.

NVPETERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAPhR. WASRINGYON. D, C.

A. J. MIS'EN-HIMER, OF osKA'Loos-fA, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent a... 94,835, dated September 14, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLAN'IER AND CULTIVATOR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making-part of the name.

'To allwhom it may concern!- Be it known that I, A. J. Mrsnsnrnnn, of Oskaloos-a, iu the county of Clay, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and improved Plant-er and Oultirater; and I do hereby'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being. had to theaccompanying draw-- ings, forming part of this specification.

Thefobject of this invention is to provide a plantingattaohment fercultivatorinevhieh-may be readily-applied to or detached from the-cnltivators, and to provide a simple and eflicient arrangement of the said planting-attaclnnent.

Figure 1 represents a' sectional elevation of my improved apparatus; and v Figure 2 represents a plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

A represents the axle of the truck usually employed, and

B, the tongue. v

O are the cultivator-plows, hinged to the axle or to project-ions therefrom, and connected by cords D to a roller, E, for winding, to regulate the pitch of the cultivators, or to raise them off the ground,the said roller being provided with a lever, F. e

G represents seed-boxes, detachably connected to the axle by the same bolts, H, bywhich the outer cultivatol's are secured. The said boxes are also supported by crotched braces, I, connected, by hooks L,

on the cross-bar K.

From the connecting-bolts M of .these braces running rearward,'are rods or bars N, supporting the axle 0 of the wheels employed for pressing the earth down upon the seed. This axle is made to work the valves or gates for dropping 'the seed, by means of a crank,

I, connecting-.rodQ, and a vibrating bent rod, R, to which the said valves are connected.

This rod R is caused to oscillate on the pivots R,

giving a swinging motion to the lower ends of the bent parts to which the valves are connected.

T represents across-bar, connected to the rods N,- in front of the whcelsN. From this bar, covering connected to the said bar, and rises up to the rear end of a vibrating lever, W, having a vibrating fulcrum,X, rising upirom the axle A, and serving as'a seat for the operator. This lever projects considerably beyond the axle, and is intended to raise the wheels N off the they are not required to work the gates. This is effected by the weight of the rider being moved to the front of the fulcrum. t

When the wheels N are working out he ground, the operator sits behind the fulcrum, and he may in this the Wheels N on the ground.

This planting-attachment may be readily removed .by detaching the seed-boxes from the bolts H, onhookin'g'the braces -I, and disconnecting the seatlever W.

Having thus described my invention,

I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of theseed-boxes G, axle A,

arranged substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the'seed-boxes G, connecting-rods N, cranked axle 0, wheels N, connecting-rod Q, oscillating-rod K, and valves S, all arranged substantially as specified. Y v

3. The described arrangement of the vibrating fulcrum V, oscillating seat-support or lever W, yoke U,

each other, as set forth and shown.

' A. J. MISENHIMER.

Witnesses:

EDMOND N. GRpnKMUn, M. SYMONDS.

cultivating-teeth are suspended, and a yoke, U, is also" -greend-whea-turningmround, or at anytime whenway, to a considerable extent, regulate the pressure of crotched braces I, and hooks L, when constructed and cross-bar T, rods N, and wheel N, with reference to 

